Cassandra Kimberly, Charger Staff
The sound is irreplaceable. It can be heard throughout the hallways and in the
lunchroom. Rhythmic, upbeat tapping and fluid sounds of harmony create an enthusiastic
air among students. What force can generate such emotion? One word-- band.
Cookeville High’s Marching Cavaliers are back in full swing this year
preparing for the season ahead. In fact, band members have been practicing all
summer long! Band Camp started one week before school even began from eight
o’clock in the morning to six o’clock in the evening each day.
Students are instructed by David Talbert, who has been teaching for seventeen
years with a degree from Tennessee Technological University.
“Mr. T,” as he is referred to by his pupils, would begin a normal
day of camp by practicing outside on an imaginary football field painted on
the parking-lot. Lunch would give the members a short break before they continued
working in the band room from 1:00-3:30pm. The rest of the evening would be
spent outside yet again, running drills and learning several of the fifty different
“pictures,” or positions on the field for the half-time show.
This year eighty percent of the drills were learned, which left Mr. Talbert
very enthusiastic.
“I felt like this was one of the best band camps we have had. I felt like
we were more prepared this year,” commented Talbert.
The marching band will be performing at all of the varsity football games as
well as at other competitions and events introducing the theme “Blues Brothers.”
Fans and spectators can look foward to hearing songs like “Soul Man,”
“Gimme Some Lovin’,” “Rubber Bisquit,” and “Messin’
with the Kid.” Nine different Blues Brothers pieces will be played in events
such as the CHS Homecoming Parade, TTU Homecoming Parade, and five separate
competitions held in September and October of this year.
Other music can also be heard at the CHS Sept. 11th Remembrance Assembly, the Veteran’s Day program in November, the Cookeville Christmas Parade, and a holiday concert in December.
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Article prepared for web by J. Wheeler 6-Sept-2002